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†=:....... †......................................† .......:=†
*†=:...... †..............THE OCEAN...............† ......:=†*
@*†=:..... †......................................† .....:=†*@
#@*†=:.... †.LIVING.GHOST.OF..THE.PRIMORDIAL SOUP.† ....:=†*@#
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####@*†=:. WAVERING JUST OUT OF SIGHT               .:=†*@####
###@*†=:..                             JUST OUTSIDE ..:=†*@###
##@*†=:... THE TERMINATION SHOCK OF PERCEPTION,     ...:=†*@##
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@*†=:..... A ROARING DEPTH REDUCED TO A GENTLE      .....:=†*@
*†=:...... SWELL UPON THE MINDS COAST,              ......:=†*
†=:.......                                          .......:=†
*†=:...... INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU,            ......:=†*
@*†=:.....                 NOT REACHING.            .....:=†*@
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##@*†=:... BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS  ...:=†*@##
###@*†=:.. IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT.  ..:=†*@###
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###@*†=:.. WITH CLOSED EYES AND A FRACTURED SELF,   ..:=†*@###
##@*†=:... THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE     ...:=†*@##
#@*†=:.... DARK LAKE,                               ....:=†*@#
@*†=:..... YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK.    .....:=†*@
*†=:......                                          ......:=†*
†=:....... SOMETIMES THEY'RE PEOPLE,                .......:=†
*†=:...... SOMETIMES THERE'S BIRDS,                 ......:=†*
@*†=:..... BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WARM ALIEN EMBRACE. .....:=†*@
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##@*†=:... AND THIS TIME THEY HIT SHORE.            ...:=†*@##
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